North Korea: War is ‘Imminent’

Tensions between North Korea and the U.S. are not going down anytime soon.

The communist country test-fired a ballistic missile, reports South Korea.

It was launched from a region north of the capital, Pyongyang, and appears to have been a failed test according to the Yonhap news agency.

They reported that the missile blew up a few seconds into flight.

U.S. officials are saying it did not leave North Korean territory and was most likely a medium-range missile known as a KN-17.

This is now the second failed test of a ballistic missile in the last month.

North Korea is desperately trying to make its military might stronger, warning of “imminent” war against the US.

“North Korea fired an unidentified missile from a site in the vicinity of Bukchang in Pyeongannam-do (South Pyeongan Province) early this morning,” Yonhap reported, quoting a statement issued by South Korea’s military. “It is estimated to have failed.”

Donald Trump, the US president, said that North Korea “disrespected the wishes of China” with the missile test.